Chapter 134: The Tournament Begins

Here, it seems the most precious thing is merely this painting.

It seems his old man's experiences are no less than his own; though he has always been unreliable with his words, he is airtight when it comes to doing things. If Su Yu hasn't guessed wrong, the real Luo Yu should have disappeared long ago.

Because Su Xinyuan would not allow any risk that could threaten Su Yu to appear in his hands, just as he would not allow any risk that could threaten Mu Hanyan to appear.

Sitting quietly by the window, looking at the bustling crowd outside, he just waited quietly for Su Xinyuan to return.

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"What, did you get into trouble again, hoping for your old man to clean up your mess?" After settling Mu Hanyan down, Su Xinyuan sat down opposite Su Yu.

Su Yu handed the Mingde Hall identity badge directly to Su Xinyuan and spoke slowly: "To enter Mingde Hall, I signed an order with Jing Hongchen and paid two million Gold Soul Coins upfront. I'll leave the subsequent matters to you, but try to move the family into the Sun Moon Empire before I return from there, though you must absolutely not settle in Mingdu."

"You brat, did you discover something again?" Su Xinyuan put away his dismissive attitude and asked, looking at Su Yu's serious face.

"Actually, it's not that I discovered anything. Judging by the current situation, I can't be certain if the Sun Moon Empire will launch a war, but the situation in the Sun Moon Empire is becoming increasingly severe, and war is only a matter of time. So, I think for the safety of the family, it's better to transfer our assets first."

Calculating by the timeline, the war will break out in about five to ten years. The first to suffer will be the Heaven Soul Empire, followed by the Dou Ling Empire.

The Body Sect will also be destroyed in an instant; under the terrifying War Machine of the Sun Moon Empire, the Three Great Empires will have no power to fight back at all.

The battle between the two sides is entirely the gap between the cold weapon era and the hot weapon era. If not for Huo Yu Hao becoming a god to delay the unification, plus Tang San's interference, the future Douluo Continent would have been renamed the Sun Moon Continent, and the future federation would not be called the Douluo Federation, but the Sun Moon Federation.

"You should first explain why you don't want us to settle in Mingdu; tell me how much you know." Throwing the identity badge back into Su Yu's hands, Su Xinyuan said indifferently.

"Dad, are you sure you want to know? The muddy water here might be quite deep." Looking at Su Xinyuan, Su Yu pondered whether or not to tell him.

Thump!

Su Xinyuan slammed his fist on the table and said indignantly: "Are you looking down on your old man? If you're not going to say it, forget it. Go back to where you came from; don't waste my and your mother's time here."

"I'll say it, I'll say it. Dad, you should know about the Holy Spirit Cult, right? Mingde Hall has already colluded with the Holy Spirit Cult. Even staying in Mingdu is not safe. Although the development of Mingdu far exceeds other places, it is the most dangerous place here."

After saying this, Su Yu slowly stood up and left the place; there was no need to say more about the subsequent matters.

After returning to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy, a rather magical piece of information synchronized in Su Yu's mind: Soul Guidance Exchange Tournament, second match, Nana wins.

Third match, Luo Yu versus Ye Xiao, Luo Yu wins.

Three matches in one day; if the first match hadn't been a draw, the rest would have been a clean sweep of losses.

An even more outrageous thing followed: according to inside information Luo Yu got from Mingde Hall, tomorrow's final match is scheduled for Luo Yu to challenge He Cai Tou.

"I'll leave the matter of the clone to himself; I won't get involved anyway. But if it goes too smoothly, I reckon that's not good either."

In the dormitory, while casually organizing the somewhat complicated information in his hands, he figured the current situation was already beyond playing around.

As for the Star Dou Great Forest, if Su Yu hasn't reached Title Douluo, he'd better not count on having a proper talk with the Silver Dragon King; it would be good enough not to be swallowed.

Learning at Mingde Hall remains as smooth as ever; occasionally he goes to Menluo's place to audit a class. For the next week, Su Yu has no intention of going out to get involved.

A week later, a piece of explosive news spread throughout the entire academy.

The thirty-first Soul Guidance Exchange Tournament, Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy's Luo Yu versus He Cai Tou!

Although it was early morning, the entire Soul Guidance Trial Ground was already packed. Because both sides attached such importance to this match, it had reached an incomparable height. More than twelve thousand students and teachers from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy, including those from Mingde Hall, had gathered here.

To allow everyone to witness this battle, the academy also announced a day off from classes. Even the busy Jing Hongchen attended this match, and the person responsible for presiding over the match was the Dean of Academic Affairs, Lin Jiayi.

For Jing Hongchen, this exchange, regardless of victory or defeat, had unimaginable benefits for the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy.

In fact, none of them knew that as early as half a year ago, this Su fellow was already able to manufacture Level 6 Soul Guidance Devices, and his clone inherited all his abilities except for his martial soul. Although it cannot unleash a martial soul like Su Yu, its strength is at least half of Su Yu's. Coupled with various Soul Guidance Devices, among those of the same rank, besides cheats like Huo Yu Hao, how many have the strength to defeat Su Yu's clone?

Moreover, their consciousnesses are connected. Su Yu is the main body; as long as the two are close, their thinking and reaction ability in battle can basically be said to be twice that of an ordinary person. Furthermore, Su Yu's Spirit Power has long transcended that of ordinary people, and even average Soul Douluos cannot compare.

This battle, rather than being a fight between Luo Yu and He Cai Tou, is better described as a battle between the official team members of both sides.

In the eyes of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy, the outcome of this battle will also determine the outcome of the next Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Duel Tournament!

The betting odds outside the arena were also He Cai Tou to win, 2 to 1; Luo Yu to win, 1 to 1.

The reason He Cai Tou's winning percentage was so high was that in physical test data, He Cai Tou's data far exceeded Su Yu's by a large margin. Moreover, although Luo Yu is also a Level 6 Soul Master, his soul power is only level 48, while He Cai Tou's soul power is as high as level 55.

"Doesn't this mean I have to place a bet? Everyone is so pessimistic about Luo Yu."

Although these people supported Luo Yu in spirit, a large portion of them still honestly bought that He Cai Tou would win.

Su Yu also quite naturally, in front of many Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy students, took out a gold card and threw it to the person in charge of the betting.

When the person in charge of the betting took Su Yu's gold card, they were almost scared to the point of fainting on the spot.

Ten million Gold Soul Coins!

It was a top-tier gold card with ten million Gold Soul Coins. The person in charge of the betting didn't dare to take it and said weakly that the amount was too large for them to accept.

"You report a number you can accept; don't waste my time."

Money is, of course, the more the better. Later, whether it's the development of Soul Guidance Devices or anything else, money will be needed.

To have a great opportunity and not make money, isn't that stupid?

The person in charge of the betting tremblingly reported a more conservative number, "One hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins..."

"Fine, one hundred thousand, bet on Luo Yu to win."

After deducting the one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins from the gold card, this Su fellow went directly to the front row where He Cai Tou was.

"Su Yu, what do you think my chances are? I want to hear your analysis." He Cai Tou was a bit nervous; now he was also in a difficult position and had to face Luo Yu.

Su Yu felt a bit helpless in his heart: Big brother, I can't tell you that the person fighting you is me. If I really said it, we wouldn't be able to be brothers in the future.

Yes, yes, yes, all the faults are my fault...

After hesitating for a while, Su Yu slowly said: "You and Luo Yu are fifty-fifty..."

Fifty-fifty is fifty-fifty; anyway, one of you has to lose. How you fight is your own business.

"Fifty-fifty? This..."

He Cai Tou was also a bit bewildered. In his view, he had received all the resources of the Extreme Individual Soldier Plan and had also received the academy's vigorous cultivation. Could he really only be fifty-fifty with this sixth-year student from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy?

Is there really someone in the world who is more outrageous than Su Yu at the same level?

Although Su Yu is currently only a level 47 Soul Ancestor, He Cai Tou estimated that his true combat power is definitely not much worse than his own; at least that's what He Cai Tou thought.

Because, in the eyes of most people, even if Su Yu were stronger, it would be impossible for him to improve rapidly in a short time. Moreover, Su Yu had dropped out of school for more than a year, which is why after Su Yu returned to the academy, most people didn't care about this legend from two years ago.

I'm afraid the only ones with a deep impression of Su Yu are probably his class and the Shrek Seven Devils.

After that, Su Yu basically did not stay at Shrek Academy for long; most of his time was spent in the Sun Moon Empire.

"Tell me, how did this battle start?"

Su Yu was also somewhat puzzled; his clone Luo Yu over there had only received a mission from Mingde Hall to challenge the Shrek exchange student captain, He Cai Tou, and now, he could probably only understand the situation from the parties involved.

"They also came under the banner of a friendly match, but in the Soul Guidance Exchange Tournament with them, we initially had our share of wins and losses, until later they started sending out students from Mingde Hall, some of whom were said to be pre-selected team members, which led to us losing more than we won in the subsequent matches. In the end, in order to completely destroy our fighting spirit, the Sun Moon Empire finally had Luo Yu challenge me."

He Cai Tou clenched his fists in indignation; clearly, due to the exclusion by the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy, many people were actually not having an easy time, and the only one who was doing well was probably Su Yu.

However, this kind of life also had a price: two million Gold Soul Coins, and an order for a transaction with Mingde Hall.

Looking at the indignant He Cai Tou, Su Yu slowly spoke: "Then how much do you know about Luo Yu?"

"Ah? Luo Yu, I don't seem to know much; it's said he is just a Four-Ring Soul Ancestor, but his Soul Guidance cultivation has reached the level of a Level 6 Soul Engineer." He Cai Tou seemed completely unclear about Luo Yu's information, and the only thing he knew was what he had heard when others talked about Luo Yu.

Su Yu pointed at the Luo Yu opposite them and said: "According to the information, the Luo Yu sitting across from you now has level 48 soul power and is a Level 6 Soul Engineer. He once defeated a Four-Ring Soul Ancestor when he was a Three-ring Soul Venerable, and later, when participating in the Mingde Hall assessment, he defeated the Level 4 Soul Engineer Aoxiu as a Level 3 Soul Engineer. After entering Mingde Hall to study for a year and a half, he became a Level 6 Soul Engineer, and when he was a Level 4 Soul Engineer, he even held the upper hand for a short time against the Five-ring Soul King Meng Hongchen."

Speaking up to this point, Su Yu paused and asked: "Do you want to keep listening?"

He Cai Tou opened his mouth, unable to make a sound for a long time, and finally, after a long silence, he nodded blankly.

"He is also a selected team member for the next Sun Moon Empire team. If nothing goes wrong, in about three years, what you see will likely be a Level 7 Soul Engineer and a Six-Ring Soul Emperor. As for now, if it's just a competition of Soul Guidance Devices, your win rate is a conservative estimate at fifty percent, because do you dare to assert that Shrek Academy can outperform Mingde Hall?"

After Su Yu finished saying these words, He Cai Tou almost fell to the ground, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

"It's over, even you say so, doesn't that mean I'm bound to lose this match? Su Yu, why don't you go up..."

He Cai Tou's already dark face became even darker; this really caused He Cai Tou to have a mental breakdown.

"I'm not going. I've been cultivating in my family for over a year, and having delayed for so long, I've fallen behind too much in both Soul Guidance and martial soul aspects. Even if I am stronger than students of the same level, it doesn't mean I can be stronger than you. I'm not going."

Su Yu refused He Cai Tou's proposal very bluntly. What a joke; playing against himself, what a good game of chess, he wouldn't go and ruin it with his own hands.

As long as this battle takes place, the issue of Luo Yu's identity can be completely cleared, because this battle concerns the glory and face of Shrek.

What does Shrek's glory and face have to do with me? Mu Lao, whom I cared about, is gone, and what I owed you has all been repaid. Besides Wang Dong, what other attachments do I have?

"Brother He, don't have any burden. We came here to learn in the first place, and a win or loss doesn't prove anything. If our Soul Guidance is truly ahead of theirs, I don't think we would need to come here for exchange and learning. Don't take things that don't belong to us too seriously; face reality."

After listening to Su Yu's words, He Cai Tou nodded heavily, then turned and walked toward the Soul Guidance Trial Ground. And opposite him was a youth even more immature than himself.

Looking at the youth's age, He Cai Tou was surprised to find that the other party was actually a year or two younger than him!

Unless Huo Yu Hao returns, otherwise, in Su Yu's current state, who else could beat this Luo Yu in the next session!

No wonder he was selected by Mingde Hall as an official team member for the next competition; now it seems that this is an even greater danger than Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen.

It seems I must have a good talk with Teacher Fan Yu about this matter.

As the host spoke, the competition officially began.